2021-2022 Academic Calendar

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Fall 2021
 

Accelerated BSN

MSN & DNP

Nurse Anesthesia

PhD

New Student Orientation

August 18-20

August 18

August 18

August 17 - Graduate School

August 19 -
Nursing PhD

Convocation August 18 at 4 p.m.
(For new Graduate and Professional School Students)
First Day of Classes August 23
Drop/Add Deadline September 3
Labor Day Holiday
(No classes held)
September 6
Founders' Day Convocation
(tentative)
September 23 or 24 at 5 p.m.
Founders' Day September 26
Fall Break Begins October 2-10 October 2 October 11 October 2
Classes Resume October 11 October 6 October 12 October 6
Shopping Carts Open for Spring 2022 October 18
Registration Begins for Spring 2022 October 27
Registration Ends for Spring 2022 November 8
Drop/Add Begins for Spring 2022 November 9
Classes End November 23 November 23 November 30
(Clinical Practicum Courses: N944 & N947)
November 23
Thanksgiving Recess Begins November 24-28 November 24 November 25-28 November 24
Reading Period November 24-29 November 24-December 7 November 25-December 5 November 24-December 7
Final Exams Begin November 30 December 8 December 6 December 8
Final Exams End December 3 December 13 December 10 December 13
ATI Live Review December 6-7
(mandatory for 4th semester students)
N/A N/A N/A
Spring 2022 Clinical Practicum Courses Begin N/A N/A December 1
(N942, N945, N948)
N/A
DUSON Fall Graduation Ceremony December 11 at 10 a.m.
Duke University Chapel
Non applicable for PhD students
Spring 2022
 

Accelerated BSN

MSN & DNP

Nurse Anesthesia

PhD

New Student Orientation

January 3-7 January 3 N/A

N/A

First Day of Classes
(The Monday class meeting schedule is in effect on this day)
January 5 January 5 January 3
(Spring Didactic Courses Begin)
January 5
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
(No classes are held)
January 17
Drop/Add Ends January 19
Summer 2022 Registration Begins February 14
Spring Break Begins March 5 March 5 March 7 March 5
Classes Resume March 14 March 14 March 8 March 14
Fall 2022 Shopping Carts Open March 21
Fall 2022 Registration Begins March 30
Fall 2022 Registration Ends April 7
Fall 2022 Drop/Add Begins April 8
Classes End April 11 April 13 April 13
(Didactic)
April 13
Reading Period April 14-24
(Non applicable for ABSN students)
Final Exams Begin April 12 April 25 April 25 April 25
Final Exams End April 15 April 30 April 30 April 30
Clinical Practicum Ends N/A N/A April 30
(N942, N945, N948)
N/A
Clinical Practicum Begins N/A N/A May 1
(Summer 2022: N943, N945, N948)
N/A
ATI Live Review
(4th semester only)
May 2-3 N/A N/A N/A
Commencement Weekend May 6-8
DUSON Graduation Ceremony To Be Determined

 

Summer 2022
 

Accelerated BSN

MSN & DNP

Nurse Anesthesia

PhD

First Day of Classes

May 10

May 11 May 9 May 11

Drop/Add Deadline

May 25

Memorial Day Holiday
(No classes held)

May 30
Juneteenth
(No classes held)
June 20

Independence Holiday
(No classes held)

July 4
Classes End August 1 August 4 July 29 August 4
Clinical Practicum Ends N/A N/A July 31
(N943, N946, N949)
N/A
Clinical Practicum Begins N/A N/A August 1
(Fall 2022: N944, N947)
N/A
Reading Period August 5
(Not applicable for ABSN students)
Final Exams Begin August 2 August 5 August 5 August 5
Final Exams End August 5 August 7 August 7 August 7
 

 

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